Football team
Al Sharjah U23
Club · United Arab Emirates · Pro League U23
«The King»
The club that plays there began as Al Oruba in 1966. Eight years later it merged with Al Khaleej and took the name Al Sharjah, and in that same 1973–74 season won the league for the first time.
The nickname arrived through the cup rather than the league. Between 1978–79 and 1982–83 the club won the President's Cup four times, including three in a row — and after that it was The King . The cup has stayed the more reliable competition: ten wins in all, the most recent pair in 2021–22 and 2022–23, when the League Cup came in the same season.
The league has been harder. Six titles, and between 1995–96 and 2018–19 there were none at all.
Continental football took longer still. The GCC Champions League came in 1991, but the first Asian trophy only arrived in 2024–25, with the AFC Champions League Two. The Qatar–UAE Super Cup followed in 2026.
What that leaves is the top tier of Asia.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 4 Oct | Pro League U23 |
Al Wahda U23
H
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| 6 Sep | Pro League U23 |
United Fc U23
H
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0:2 | L |
| 31 Aug | Pro League U23 |
Hatta U23
A
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0:1 | L |
| 24 Aug | Pro League U23 |
Al Jazira U23
H
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0:0 | D |
| 16 Aug | Pro League U23 |
Al Dhafra U23
A
|
1:5 | L |
| 16 May | Pro League U23 |
Khorfakkan U23
A
|
5:1 | W |
Standing
Pro League U23| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Al Ain U23
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13:2 | 15 |
| 2 |
 Ajman U23
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6:2 | 13 |
| 3 |
Al Sharjah U23
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8:1 | 10 |
| 4 |
 Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai U23
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9:7 | 10 |
| 5 |
Al Wahda U23
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9:6 | 9 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 16| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| Scored | 21 | 8 | 13 |
| Conceded | 21 | 9 | 12 |
| Scored per game | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Conceded per game | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Difference | 0 | −1 | +1 |
Fixtures of Al Sharjah U23
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4 Oct
Al Wahda U23
H
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6 Sep
United Fc U23
H
0:2
L
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31 Aug
Hatta U23
A
0:1
L
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24 Aug
Al Jazira U23
H
0:0
D
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16 Aug
Al Dhafra U23
A
1:5
L
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16 May
Khorfakkan U23
A
5:1
W
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11 May
Al Bataeh U23
H
1:1
D
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7 May
Al Ain U23
A
1:1
D
Honours of Al Sharjah U23
- UAE President's Cup 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2022, 2023 10
- UAE Pro League 1974, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2019 6
- UAE Super Cup 1994, 2019, 2022, 2025 4
- AFC Champions League Two 2025 1
- GCC Champions League 1991 1
- Joint League Cup 1977 1
- Qatar–UAE Super Cup 2026 1
- UAE League Cup 2023 1